Method and means for making cigars and the product thereof



J. L. BROWN Jan. 7, 1 930.

METHOD AND MEANS FOR MAKING CIGARS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF Filed Jan. 17. 1928 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES JOHN L. BROWN, OF CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM PATENT OFFICE W. VARNEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND METHOD AND MEANS FOR MAKING CIGARS AND THE PRODUCT THEREOF Application filed January 17, 1928.

This invention relates to the manufacture of a modified cigar and has for its object the production of a cigar provided with a concave smoking end, or tip.

A further object of my invention is the providing of an improved implement for forming said concave smoking end, or tip.

A further object of my invention is the process of forming the improved smoking end, or tip, of a cigar.

A further object of my invention is the providing a new and improved cigar provided with a concave smoking end, or tip.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists of the methods employed, combination and arrangement of systems, apparatus and means as hereinafter specifically provided and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, but itis understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

I have discovered that a concave smoking end, or tip, on a cigar is a great improvement over the ordinary flat end, or a pointed end, both in regard to mechanical strength involved in the piercing of the cigar for smoking purposes and in the smoking after piercing.

In this specification and claims, when I use the term cigar, I refer not only to a bunched smoking aggregate of tobacco, al-

though thatris the ordinary form of the present one, but I have tried many other substances with equal, or better, results.

The advantages of my improved concave smoking end, or tip, is that a strengthened 40 portion of the wrapper is formed in the rim of the concave portion by a slight edge creasing, or curve, that it receives. The piercing of the depth of the concavity is easily accomplished by asharpened lead pencil, or any piercing instrument, leaving substantially a Serial No. 247,334.

clean hole with an unbroken wrapper and none of the inside filler protruding or exposed to the mouth of the smoker. A further advantage of my invention is, that in the rim of the concave portion a receptacle is formed that arrests any condensible matter and holds back in the cigar what is now a noxious result of smoking.

Referring to the drawings of the hereindescribed embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 shows a sectional view of a cigar cut in two longitudinally, fabricated in accordance with my method; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the former, or thimble, used for form ing the smoking end, or tip, of the cigar shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the former, Fig. 4 is a modified form of the forming tool or thimble, shown in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 is the cigar body. 2 is the fire end. 3 is the tip, or smoking end, provided with a concavity portion 4 and rim 5.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, 6 is the body, of the former, or thimble, for forming the smoking endof the cigar and is provided with concave portion 7 and raised portion 8. The raised portion 8 forms the cavity 4: in the cigar.

In the implement for pressing in the end of the cigar sufficiently will accomplish the purpose. It is preferable that the cigar be in rather moist condition, but this is not necessary, as

in machine work rather dry tobacco or ma terial may be used. It is preferable that a relative rotation take place between the pressing implement forming the cavity and the". cigar to insure symmetry in the cigar. This,

however, is not necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. A cigar having a wrapper and provided with a concave central portion of the smokforming of this cavity, any suitable ing end thereof, said concave portion being covered by the continuation of the wrapper of said cigar.

2. The process of forming the smoking end, or tip, of a cigar provided with a Wrapper consisting of pressing the smoking end of the cigar and the wrapper covering the same into a concave formation thus providing a sealed concaved smoking end of the cigar. V

3. A'cigar having a wrapper and provided with a concave central portion of the smoking end thereof, said concave portion being covered with a eoveriifig.

OHN L. BROWN. 

